West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-15

US, and never will. They do not understand
us. Unsanctified human nature says: wait
till you get a good crack at him, and when at
last you find him in tight place. give IL 10
him. Flay him alive. No quarter. Leave
not a rag of reputation. Jump on him with
both feet Pay him i'm his own con-sarcasm
for sarcasm, scorn for scorn, abuse for abuse"
But, my friends, that is not tho right kind of
heart No man ever did so mean thing
toward US we have done toward God.
And il we cannot forgive others, how can We
expect God 10 forgive usi Thousands OF men
have been kept out of heaven by an unfor-
giving heart.
Here is some ono who says: az will forgive
that man the wrong he did mo about that
house and lot: will forgive that man who
overreached me in a bargain; I will forgiye
that man who sold me a shoddy overcoat. /
forgive them all-all but one That man can-
not forgive. The villain-I can hardly keen
my hands of Of him IL my going TO Heaven
depends on my forgiving him. then / will
stay out. Wrong feelingl IL man lie TO
me once, am not called 10 trust him again
III man betray mo once, am not called 10
put confidence in him again But would
have no rest il 1 could not offer n sincere
prayer for the temporal and everlasting wei
rare OF all men, whatever meanness
ana outrage they have inflicted uDon
me; III you want To get your heart
right, strike match and burn up all your
OLD CRU tges and blow the ashes away. "If
you forgive not men their trespaSses neither
VIII your heavenly Father forgive you your
trespaSses." An old Christian black woman
was going along the streets Of New York
with basket of apples that she had for sale
a rough sailor ran against her ar upset the
basket, and stood back expecting to hear her
scold frig ..tfully; but she stopped down and
picked uD the apples and said: "God forgive
you, my son, as do" The sailor saw the
meanneSs of what he had done and felt in
his pocket for his money. and insisted that
she should take il all. Though she was black
he called her mother and said: "Forgive
me, mother; l will never do anything 50
mean again" Ali there is power in for
giving spirit to overcome all hardness.
There is no way OF conquering men like that
OF bestowing upon them your pardon,
whether they will accept it or not.
Again, right heart is an expectant heart.
IL is poor business 10 be building castles in
the air. Enjoy what you have now. Don't
spoil your comfort in the small house be-
cause you expect larger one. Don't fret
about your income when it is 50 or 81 per day
because you expect TO have after awhile
$40 per day, or $1,000 n year, because you ex-
Pect 1t TO be 500, 600 year. But about heav-
emily things the more we think the better
those castles are not in the mir, but ON the
nils, and we have a deed of them in our posses
sion. like TO see man all full OF heaven.
lie talks heaven. He sings heaven He
prays heaven. He dreams heaven Some of
US IN our sleep have had the good place open
10 u.s. We saw the pnnacles in the sky. We
heard the click of the hoofs of the white
horses on which victors rode, and the clap
ping of the cymbals of eternal triumph. And
While IN our sleep we were glad that all our
sori were over, and burdens done
with, the throne of God grew winter whittier
and whittier, till we opened our eyes and saw
that it was only the sun of the earthly morn
ing SHINING ON our pillow. To have a right
heart you need TO be filed with this expec-
fancy. IL would make your priyations and
annoyances more bearable.
Some talk of heaven as though it were a
handsome church, where few favored spir-
It's would come in and sit down on finely
cushioned seats all by themselves and sing
psalms to all eternity. No, no III saw n
great multitude that no man could number
standing before the throne He that talked
with me had golden reed to measure the
city and 1t was II 900 furlongsn-thatis 500
miles in circumference. Ali heaven is not a
little colony at one corner of Coils do
mlnion where n mans entrance depends uDon
what kind of clothes he has on his back and
how much money he has in his purse but
vast empire. God grant that the light of
that blessed world may shine upon us in our
last moment
The toughest time we had in crossing the
ocean was at the mouth of Liverpool harbor.
We arrived at nightfall and were obliged to
lie there till the morning waiting for the
rising OF the tide before we could go I'D to
the city. How the vessel pitched and
Wrlthed in the waterl So sometimes the last
illness of the Christian is a struggle He is
almost through the voyage The waves of
temptation toss the soul, but he waits for the
morning. At last the light dawns and the
tides OF JOY arise in his soul and he sails up
and casts anchor within the veil
Is thy heart right What question can
compare with this in Importance
1t Is business question. Do you not realize
that you will soon have TO go out of that
store; that you will soon have 10 resign that
partnership; that soon among all the millions
OF dollars worth Of goods that are sold in
New York you will not have the handling OF
yard OF cloth, or pound Of sugar, or pen
nyworth Of anything; that soon if a conha-
grafton should start at Central Park and
sweep everything 20 the Battery, it would
not disturb you; that soon If every cashier
should abscOnd, and every insurance com
Pany should fail, it would not affect your
w hat are the questions that stop this side the
grave compared with the questions that
reach beyond ito Are you making losses that
are 10 be everlastingf Are you making pur-
cchases for eternity Are you jobbing for
time when you might be wholesnlng for
stcrnityi What question OF the store is so
broad at the base and so altitudinous and so
Overwhelming as the question: is thy heart
rightf
Or is it a domestic question: Is IL some
thing about father, or mother, or companion.
or son, or daughter, that you think is com
parable with this question in Importance Do
you not realize that by universal and inexor-
able law all these relations will be broken upl
Your father will be gone, your mother will
be gone, your companion will DO gone your
child Will he gone, you will be gone, and then
this supernal question will begin 70 harvest
Its chief gains, or depiorc its worst losses roll
mp into its mightiest magnitude, or sweep its
vast circles. What difference now does it
make 70 Napoleon III whether he triumphed
or surrendered at Sedani whether he lived at
tho Tuileries or at Chiselhurst' whether he
was Emperor or exilei They laid him out i'm
his coffin Boa the dress II a field marshal Did
that give him any better chance for the next
world than IL he had been laid out i'm
plain shrOudi And soon 90 US
what wiz be tho difference whether
in this world we rode or walked,
were bowed 10 or maltrcate1, were
applauded or hissel at. were welcomed I'm or
kicked out, while laying hold Of every mo
Tneut Of tho great future and burning i'm all
the spendOr Of grief and ovcrarching and
undergoing all time and all eternity is the
plain, simple, practical, thrilling, agOnizing.
overwhelming question. ''Is thy heart rightN
Have you within You a repeutant heart an
eKpectant hearth IN not ! must write upon
your soul what George WhiteGcld wrote
upon the window pane with his diamond
ring He tarried In an elegant house over
night but found that there was no God
recognized in that house Before he left his
room in The morning with bis ring be wrote
uP}n tne window pane; zone thing thou
lackest After the guest wag gone tho
housewife came up aud looked nj tho win
GOV and saw the inscription aud called her
husband and her children. and God. THROUGH
that ministry ~ the window glass brought
them an 81 Jesus Though YOU NAV odav
he surrounded by comforts aud Injuries. and
iccl that YOU have need Of nothing if
you are not the children Of God with
tho a.uurf ring ~ fIrfrffr loco lie ... q.